Disclaimer: I still don't own Inuyasha, though it would be nice if
he was my man slave… Bwahahaha… Just kidding… Oh well, on with the
fic!
Ten days
"Help!" Hojo yelled from somewhere above their heads. Everyone
looked up. Kagome covered her mouth in disbelief.
"So, Priestess, if you ever want to see your cousin again, listen
to what I have to say." He cast an amused glance at Inuyasha and
smiled slightly. "I see you're caught in a bit of a…rub, younger
brother?" Inuyasha snorted. Everyone's jaw dropped as they first
looked at one, and then the other youkai.
"Give Hojo back!" Kagome yelled, with little authority.
Sesshoumaru looked a bit bemused but paid little heed to her.
"Listen carefully. You must take Tetsusaiga out of the protected
shrine and give it to Inuyasha. Bring the Jewel with you through
my territory to the west and come to my castle. You grew up there,
half-brother," he looked pointedly in the hanyou's direction " you
should know the way." With that, the beautiful demon flew off into
the distance.
Kagome and everyone else slowly turned their gazes to the
hanyou attached to the tree.
"Wha-at?" he whined.
"Was that really your brother?" Kagome asked slowly. She looked
slightly…disturbed.
"Hmph," Inuyasha grunted "half-brother thank you very much." Kaede
stepped toward Inuyasha with a thoughtful expression.
"Inuyasha, when was the last time ye remember seeing my sister?"
Kaede inquired.
"What are we standing around for, exactly? We need to go find
Hojo!" Kagome yelled exasperatedly.
"Kagome," Kaede said kindly "we must clear things up between us
and Inuyasha; because we cannot get Hojo back without him."
"We'll see if I help you, old hag." Inuyasha growled.
"So," Kaede turned back to Inuyasha "When do ye last remember
seeing my sister, what happened?"
"Why would I tell you?" He pouted.
"Because." Kagome ran up to him and twisted the arrow again in his
gut.
"Stop, bitch!" he yelped.
"That's why." She said with a satisfied smirk. Ah, how she liked
being right.
"Okay, okay! Fine, shit, you guys really need to take some serious
chill pills." Everyone looked around, no one had the slightest
idea what he meant by that, but they decided not to say anything.
"Well, I had been dating Kikyou for some time and we had finally
decided to marry. That's when she told me about Onigumo. You know,
the burnt guy she was looking after in the cave. I didn't like the
idea that she was looking after a guy in a secluded cave. How was
I supposed to know that he was burnt so crispy that he couldn't
even move?"
"So I decide to visit him on my own devices, without
Kikyou." Inuyasha continued "As I walked up to the cave I heard
him talking to someone, so I listened in. He was talking to a
whole horde of demons! He was talking about how much he loved my
Kikyou and I just couldn't stand it. When he asked the demons to
devour his flesh so that he could have Kikyou, I knew there was
going to be trouble. I drew Tetsusaiga and killed all of the
demons before they had a chance to infest Onigumo. He cursed me
and I turned around after I had finished off the demons and killed
him. Just then Kikyou showed up. I tried to explain, but she
wouldn't hear of it. I told her she should listen to me if we were
to be married. She told me that I should have a little more
compassion for the injured and helpless if I was to marry a
Priestess. We fought and fought about everything under the sun.
That was the day that we were going to announce the engagement to
the village. In the midst of the fight I threw Tetsusaiga down to
emphasize my point of how much of a bitch she was being. I jumped
through the well to take a break for a few days. Finally after ten
days I came back, and here I am." Inuyasha finished his speech and
everyone looked majorly confused, even him. "So, what happened
while I was gone?"
"Well," Kaede sucked in a breath "Ye has been gone for 40 years,
Inuyasha" Inuyasha looked stunned "Kikyou came back to us, holding
Tetsusaiga, a bit angry. She promptly made a shrine for it that
shielded it from demons sensing it, or being able to see it. She
feared that the village would be in danger of attack without ye
being there to defend it. Eventually, in about seven years, we
figured that ye were not coming back. So she married a man from
the Village named Anno and continued to protect the jewel until
she had her first daughter three years later. She also had a son
named Taka who fathered Hojo with a girl named Yui. Rei married
Cheriko at fourteen and had a baby girl at fifteen. That baby girl
looked surprisingly like her grandmother Kikyou and the two
developed a special bond." Kaede paused for a moment, before she
started in on the bloody part of her tale. "When Kagome was ten
years old, five years ago, a white haired dog-demon came,
demanding the Tetsusaiga and tearing the Village apart. He didn't
kill everyone, everyone here was spared; but Kikyou, Anno,
Cheriko, Taka, Rei, Yui, and others from the town perished. I had
to collect the Jewel from Rei and give it to Kagome. Kikyou and
Kagome had made a special pouch to put it in that shielded it from
being seen or sensed by demons. Tetsusaiga was never discovered,
and I have been raising Kagome and Hojo ever since. Hojo became
very interested in Kagome's safety after that attack of the
village and appointed himself her protector. We also acquired some
other protectors from other villages such as a monk named Miroku,
a demon slayer named Sango, and this wolf demon named Kouga. We
always just assumed that ye ran off, became full youkai somehow,
and came back to seek your revenge because Kikyou wouldn't give ye
the Jewel." Kaede shrugged "Now I just assume that ye's brother
attacked the town looking for ye father's sword.
Everyone looked around, a bit confused. Kagome looked
first from Inuyasha to Kaede, then back to Inuyasha. Her eyes
settled on him and a look of pity flashed over her face when
Inuyasha's expression turned from annoyance to realization, then
to sorrow.
"Get me off this damn tree" he said slowly his voice shook
slightly but no one really noticed but Kaede. Kagome's face
changed to controlled annoyance.
"Alright, we need your help anyway and I take it you want revenge
against your brother as much as he wants your sword from you; but
he wants the Jewel too. So this is what I propose." Kagome stepped
forward and looked the hanyou in his slightly swollen amber eyes
"You protect me and a few comrades from the village on our way to
save Hojo. In return, we will return Tetsusaiga to you from the
protected shrine. We must save Hojo and the Jewel, so…"
"What?!" Everyone else yelled.
"What?" Kagome asked sheepishly.
"What is that supposed to mean?" Inuyasha demanded.
"Okay, so I had Hojo watch the Jewel while I took a little bath
and forgot to ask for it back. It's in the pouch so Sesshoumaru
won't find it, hopefully…" she trailed off.
"We have little time, will ye help or not?" Kaede asked. "Because
ye can't defeat him without the Jewel or the Tetsusaiga, and ye
cannot get off that tree without Kagome pulling it out. Even if ye
did get off the tree, ye couldn't find the Tetsusaiga anyway,
since the shrine is still protected. If Sesshoumaru finds the
jewel and takes of it, he will be unstoppable to any other demon;
even ye, Inuyasha." Kaede looked plainly at him "It would be in
ye's best interests to join forces with us."
(A/n: Dun-dun-dun-daaaaaaa! What will he say? Tune in in a coupl'a
hours or days or whatever to find out! If you're still confused,
tell me in your review and I'll try to clear it up, because all of
you are going to review right? Hello? Where'd everybody go???)
*Mwah *
Mumu
he was my man slave… Bwahahaha… Just kidding… Oh well, on with the
fic!
Ten days
"Help!" Hojo yelled from somewhere above their heads. Everyone
looked up. Kagome covered her mouth in disbelief.
"So, Priestess, if you ever want to see your cousin again, listen
to what I have to say." He cast an amused glance at Inuyasha and
smiled slightly. "I see you're caught in a bit of a…rub, younger
brother?" Inuyasha snorted. Everyone's jaw dropped as they first
looked at one, and then the other youkai.
"Give Hojo back!" Kagome yelled, with little authority.
Sesshoumaru looked a bit bemused but paid little heed to her.
"Listen carefully. You must take Tetsusaiga out of the protected
shrine and give it to Inuyasha. Bring the Jewel with you through
my territory to the west and come to my castle. You grew up there,
half-brother," he looked pointedly in the hanyou's direction " you
should know the way." With that, the beautiful demon flew off into
the distance.
Kagome and everyone else slowly turned their gazes to the
hanyou attached to the tree.
"Wha-at?" he whined.
"Was that really your brother?" Kagome asked slowly. She looked
slightly…disturbed.
"Hmph," Inuyasha grunted "half-brother thank you very much." Kaede
stepped toward Inuyasha with a thoughtful expression.
"Inuyasha, when was the last time ye remember seeing my sister?"
Kaede inquired.
"What are we standing around for, exactly? We need to go find
Hojo!" Kagome yelled exasperatedly.
"Kagome," Kaede said kindly "we must clear things up between us
and Inuyasha; because we cannot get Hojo back without him."
"We'll see if I help you, old hag." Inuyasha growled.
"So," Kaede turned back to Inuyasha "When do ye last remember
seeing my sister, what happened?"
"Why would I tell you?" He pouted.
"Because." Kagome ran up to him and twisted the arrow again in his
gut.
"Stop, bitch!" he yelped.
"That's why." She said with a satisfied smirk. Ah, how she liked
being right.
"Okay, okay! Fine, shit, you guys really need to take some serious
chill pills." Everyone looked around, no one had the slightest
idea what he meant by that, but they decided not to say anything.
"Well, I had been dating Kikyou for some time and we had finally
decided to marry. That's when she told me about Onigumo. You know,
the burnt guy she was looking after in the cave. I didn't like the
idea that she was looking after a guy in a secluded cave. How was
I supposed to know that he was burnt so crispy that he couldn't
even move?"
"So I decide to visit him on my own devices, without
Kikyou." Inuyasha continued "As I walked up to the cave I heard
him talking to someone, so I listened in. He was talking to a
whole horde of demons! He was talking about how much he loved my
Kikyou and I just couldn't stand it. When he asked the demons to
devour his flesh so that he could have Kikyou, I knew there was
going to be trouble. I drew Tetsusaiga and killed all of the
demons before they had a chance to infest Onigumo. He cursed me
and I turned around after I had finished off the demons and killed
him. Just then Kikyou showed up. I tried to explain, but she
wouldn't hear of it. I told her she should listen to me if we were
to be married. She told me that I should have a little more
compassion for the injured and helpless if I was to marry a
Priestess. We fought and fought about everything under the sun.
That was the day that we were going to announce the engagement to
the village. In the midst of the fight I threw Tetsusaiga down to
emphasize my point of how much of a bitch she was being. I jumped
through the well to take a break for a few days. Finally after ten
days I came back, and here I am." Inuyasha finished his speech and
everyone looked majorly confused, even him. "So, what happened
while I was gone?"
"Well," Kaede sucked in a breath "Ye has been gone for 40 years,
Inuyasha" Inuyasha looked stunned "Kikyou came back to us, holding
Tetsusaiga, a bit angry. She promptly made a shrine for it that
shielded it from demons sensing it, or being able to see it. She
feared that the village would be in danger of attack without ye
being there to defend it. Eventually, in about seven years, we
figured that ye were not coming back. So she married a man from
the Village named Anno and continued to protect the jewel until
she had her first daughter three years later. She also had a son
named Taka who fathered Hojo with a girl named Yui. Rei married
Cheriko at fourteen and had a baby girl at fifteen. That baby girl
looked surprisingly like her grandmother Kikyou and the two
developed a special bond." Kaede paused for a moment, before she
started in on the bloody part of her tale. "When Kagome was ten
years old, five years ago, a white haired dog-demon came,
demanding the Tetsusaiga and tearing the Village apart. He didn't
kill everyone, everyone here was spared; but Kikyou, Anno,
Cheriko, Taka, Rei, Yui, and others from the town perished. I had
to collect the Jewel from Rei and give it to Kagome. Kikyou and
Kagome had made a special pouch to put it in that shielded it from
being seen or sensed by demons. Tetsusaiga was never discovered,
and I have been raising Kagome and Hojo ever since. Hojo became
very interested in Kagome's safety after that attack of the
village and appointed himself her protector. We also acquired some
other protectors from other villages such as a monk named Miroku,
a demon slayer named Sango, and this wolf demon named Kouga. We
always just assumed that ye ran off, became full youkai somehow,
and came back to seek your revenge because Kikyou wouldn't give ye
the Jewel." Kaede shrugged "Now I just assume that ye's brother
attacked the town looking for ye father's sword.
Everyone looked around, a bit confused. Kagome looked
first from Inuyasha to Kaede, then back to Inuyasha. Her eyes
settled on him and a look of pity flashed over her face when
Inuyasha's expression turned from annoyance to realization, then
to sorrow.
"Get me off this damn tree" he said slowly his voice shook
slightly but no one really noticed but Kaede. Kagome's face
changed to controlled annoyance.
"Alright, we need your help anyway and I take it you want revenge
against your brother as much as he wants your sword from you; but
he wants the Jewel too. So this is what I propose." Kagome stepped
forward and looked the hanyou in his slightly swollen amber eyes
"You protect me and a few comrades from the village on our way to
save Hojo. In return, we will return Tetsusaiga to you from the
protected shrine. We must save Hojo and the Jewel, so…"
"What?!" Everyone else yelled.
"What?" Kagome asked sheepishly.
"What is that supposed to mean?" Inuyasha demanded.
"Okay, so I had Hojo watch the Jewel while I took a little bath
and forgot to ask for it back. It's in the pouch so Sesshoumaru
won't find it, hopefully…" she trailed off.
"We have little time, will ye help or not?" Kaede asked. "Because
ye can't defeat him without the Jewel or the Tetsusaiga, and ye
cannot get off that tree without Kagome pulling it out. Even if ye
did get off the tree, ye couldn't find the Tetsusaiga anyway,
since the shrine is still protected. If Sesshoumaru finds the
jewel and takes of it, he will be unstoppable to any other demon;
even ye, Inuyasha." Kaede looked plainly at him "It would be in
ye's best interests to join forces with us."
(A/n: Dun-dun-dun-daaaaaaa! What will he say? Tune in in a coupl'a
hours or days or whatever to find out! If you're still confused,
tell me in your review and I'll try to clear it up, because all of
you are going to review right? Hello? Where'd everybody go???)
*Mwah *
Mumu
